World in brief: March 10, 2025

BRAZIL: Four people died today after a fire at a shelter for the homeless in a city in south-eastern Brazil, Sao Paulo’s secretariat for public security said.
A man was arrested at the scene, the statement said, adding that a witness saw someone setting fire to a sofa before trying to flee.
The case was registered as arson, homicide and attempted homicide with Sao Jose dos Campos’s judicial police.

DAVE McKEE argues that Canadian unions should immediately organise to set the agenda before the next election, as monopoly capital is now rallying to the Conservative Party after Justin Trudeau’s political demise